Two men, two women. One band, sounding like something you’ve never heard before. With influences such as Nick Cave, Neu! and Einstürzende Neubauten, their sound has been described as ‘dirty feedbacky horror-garage krautgaze for the masses’. They are said to be the new thing on the London scene, and have been spotted playing at a variety of clubnights, such as Decasia and MOLE. The Murder Act have been in the studios last weekend, recording a few of their tunes. New songs will be on their MySpace soon, and there are some rumours about a cd release, but for now you’ll have to do with some of the live videos you can find on both YouTube and the band’s MySpace profile.

Watch: The Murder Act – Fuck It, live at Decasia presents: Blackchapel

Find The Murder Act on MySpace // Facebook

For the last year, We Are Not a Rockband have been giving away the sickest tracks and introducing people to the hottest new names in music. Now the blog is taking it from your screens to the street with a special one-off warehouse party to celebrate their first birthday. Come rip up the Resistance Galleries with us at a night of dirty basslines, stunning synths and everything else in between.

DJ’s on the night will consist of a handful of our amazing writers:

OFFSETCIRCLES DJS (JUNKCLUB, ECC, OFFSET FESTIVAL, THIS IS OFFSET)

THATBOYKANA (KOOl KIDS KLUB)

BIG SHADOW STEP (SUPERFILTH, PLAY DOH, BEFORE NOON

Plus special guests…

Tickets on sale here.

We’re pleased to announce that this year’s Offset Festival takes place on September 4-5 2010, returning once again to the beautiful Hainault Forest Country Park for a weekend of music, art and fun in the forest.

Loyalty tickets go on sale this Wednesday, priced at just £45 (full weekend) and £55 (weekend with camping) to those of you who wish to buy tickets before we announce the lineup for this years event.

Our previous lineups have brought together the likes of Gang of Four, The Horrors, The Slits, Wire, The Maccabees, A Certain Ratio, The xx, Metronomy, Black Devil and Kap Bambino – hopefully you can trust us to bring together more incredible bands (we have some great announcements in store!).

Head to www.offsetfestival.co.uk on Wednesday at 10am to get your tickets.

Offset x

Disconcerts ‘Steady Questions’ (Demo) from Sam Bailey on Vimeo.

Experimental post-punkers Table Manners are very much in the minimalist Prinzhorn Dance School vein, with an authentic early 80s feel despite having only formed a year ago. Always impressive live, they’ve recorded a fantastic set of tracks and released it all as a free download album! Click on the picture above for the Rapidshare link.

Write Record Release, run by the band members themselves, is a burgeoning club night happening monthly at The George Tavern. With the likes of Dignan Porch, Micron 63, Islington Boys Club, and Cotton Club coming up, it’s well worth a night out. The next night is on 26th Feb, and hit read more for full lineups and dates for the next couple months.

Also, we’ve picked a personal fave track from the download album below, as a taster. ‘Sharp 1200′ kicks the collection off with a compelling sample before the ominous drum line leads into this fantastic cold drone track. “Midnight has never been so sharp”, indeed. Grab it below and if you like it, grab the full album via Rapidshare.

MP3: Table Manners – Sharp 1200

A great video from the Puritans’ awesome show at Bush Hall.

Speak and the Spells have just released their first 7″, entitled “She’s Dead” on Robot Elephant Records.

It’s a perfect piece of garage punk with 3 great tracks on it.

You can preorder it off the Label’s website www.robotelephant.co.uk